Since data is the new gold, databases are the mining machinery. - Benjamin H.
Some of my competencies include:
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- Discovery - gathering all relevant documents, data, workflows, work processes.
- Estimating the time & cost and ROI for the entire SOW
- Working with many different stakeholders with multiple requirements
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- Create an ERD - typically pen & paper
- Wireframe - low & high-fidelity
- Generating front end mockups
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- Using the ERD to build a table schema
- Build all relationships in the solution
- Build the front end
- Write all custom functions and scripting
- Integrating third-party APIs
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- Configure the server environment and infrastructure
- Create and securely maintain user accounts
- Create any training - tutorials, walkthroughs, and video demos
- Maintain and troubleshoot the solution
What pulls me toward designing, developing, and deploying databases?
As the world becomes more connected, between the IOT, SaaS/BaaS/PaaS B2B and B2C solutions readily available to every business imaginable, there is an increased need to pay attention to data, its flow in and out of the company, and its value. Almost every piece of software that all of us use is attached to a database. Most businesses realize the need for a relational database solution when they have outgrown their paper-based process or trying to use flat-file systems (i.e., Excel) as they were never intended. Because database development can make workflows more efficient and users more productive, I get a tremendous amount of satisfaction out of building these systems.
